This is and entirely VOLUNTEER effort and always has been, which is rare in this day and age when everyone seems to be trying to turn their websites into money making endeavors and I was extremely impressed with some of the features they have.  (Free request a photo of a Gravestone is my favorite).  According to their site they have listings for over 56,000 graves!

I  decided to poke around a bit since I had recently lost an Aunt to see what information might be there.. I have to say what I found brought tears to my eyes.. literally.  I found my Aunt’s grave listing and the volunteer had also posted the Obituary but I also found my Uncle – her husband who I did not even know had passed and his obituary as well. I was so sad, but grateful, not only to know he had passed but that some kind person had posted the obituary.

I did a little more digging and since a good portion of my tree resided fairly close by I refined my search to show everyone in that particular cemetery and found the memorials for 5 more ancestors.

If you would like to “dig” around at FindAGrave.com, subscription is free, you can upload and add to their database, or put flowers or notes on a family grave.  Just one thing to mention, the first time I logged back in from the login page  it kicked me back to the login, after looking around a bit, I noticed that I was indeed logged in and it showed in my status bar on the left hand side of the page.  

I really recommend this website.. One word of caution, addiction is possible… 5 hours and 2am came and went quickly a few nights ago and Im still recovering from the sleep deprivation.

Happy Trails…

About Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953

This database contains the following Kentucky death records:

• Death certificates, 1911-1953
• Mortuary records, registers of deaths, and death certificates for Newport, Louisville, Lexington, Covington, and Jefferson County, up to 1911
• Returns of death, 1852-1910 (not all years are extant for each county)

Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1957 – Updated

About Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1957

This database contains an index of aliens and some citizens crossing into the U.S. from Mexico via various ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexican border between 1895 and 1957.

Caribbean Obituary Collection – Updated

About Caribbean Obituary Collection

The collection contains recent obituaries from hundreds of newspapers.

Canada Obituary Collection – Updated

The collection contains recent obituaries from hundreds of newspapers, and can be browsed by location:

Australia and New Zealand Obituary Collection – Updated

About Australia and New Zealand Obituary Collection

The collection contains recent obituaries from hundreds of newspapers.

United States Obituary Collection – Updated

The collection contains recent obituaries from hundreds of newspapers and can be browsed by location.

United Kingdom and Ireland Obituary Collection – Updated

The collection contains recent obituaries from hundreds of newspapers and can be browsed by the following locations:

England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869 – Updated

About England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869

This data collection contains lists of aliens (non-British citizens) arriving in England between 1810 and 1869. The records come from the following National Archives collection series. These records were primarily created as a result of various acts passed by parliament to regulate immigrants and other incoming individuals.

London, England, Land Tax Valuations, 1910 – Free Index

About London, England, Land Tax Valuations, 1910

This is a collection land tax valuation rolls in the City of London taken in 1910. The Finance Act 1910 included the taxation in the increase in the value of land and in order to tax the increase the land had to be valued to begin with. These rolls are the baseline valuations of land in the different districts of London. The work was done by the District Valuation Offices of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue. It involved the compilation of field books and maps that listed all property. The Domesday Books that comprise this collection is the summary of this information.

Source: Ancestry.com

It was through the government’s initiative, after seeing the necessity for public access to social security death records, that the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) was founded. Social security death records are your best bet in looking for an MCCD or medical certificate of the cause of death.

Due to its effective database, the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) can help make it easier for you to locate the death records that you need.

Through this, certain online websites allow you to locate the death certificate that you need by simply typing in the necessary information that is asked, like the deceased person’s first and last names, birth date, as well as the city and state where the person resided or just fill up the required fields that are indicated. Click the SEARCH button and chances are, you’ll get what you are looking for.

Should you be in search of a death certificate that existed since the establishment of the SSDI system, then you will most likely be able to get a hold of it. On the other hand, if it is a death certificate that was existent prior to the creation of SSDI, its good database will still provide you with a moderate possibility that you will find the certificate you are looking for. Since the SDDI boasts of an extensive compilation of information on recorded deaths, you can rest assured that searching for a loved one’s death record will be a whole lot easier than going outside the comfort of your home to a public records building to go looking for the document manually.
Social security death records serve as a great source of necessary documents. Such information can contain the specific details of where and when the deceased passed away. The information will also tell you about the burial date and location of the dead person’s coffin. The cause of death appears in the death record of a person as an additional detail which is quite valuable in criminal investigations.

Manually searching for a death record will consume loads of time and can also be tiring on your part. Flipping through files in file cabinets of social security death records while searching for the particular document can be tiresome. Thankfully, Social Security Death-Records has a database of more than 400 million public records to help you search for important death records. Try it for yourself and visit SocialSecurityDeath-Records.com now!

When creating a genealogy, death records can be one of your biggest assets. Along with birth records and marriage records, death records can provide extremely valuable information about an individual ancestor as well as his family. When creating a family tree, designs and included information may vary from tree to tree. However, a family tree will always account for births, deaths and marriages. It is important to make sure that these dates and locations are accurate.

Modern death records for the United States can be located through the Social Security Death Index. This Index is fully searchable online at no charge. From the Social Security Death Index you can find the birth date, Social Security Number and state of issue, death date and last residence of your ancestor.

To search the Social Security Death Index, simply input as much information as you have. It is possible to search only by last name, thereby finding the death records of everyone who shares a particular surname. This can be useful in starting research on a possible ancestor about whom you know very little or finding a whole new branch of a family tree.

If you are seeking death records from another country or pre-1960s United States death records, you will have to go through alternative sources. If you know the town and approximate year in which your ancestor died, try contacting that town’s offices. You may be able to get information on how to proceed. Also try contacting genealogical societies both locally and online. Some societies publish their own databases of death records and other vital records. These sources are generally based on the members’ research and may not be 100% accurate,  so use caution and document your sources carefully.

You may also want to check military, probate and even prison records to find the death records of a particularly elusive family member. Women’s records can be particularly difficult to find as during some eras, women were considered the property of her husband or father.  Some lives of many women were never at all.

It is possible to use guesswork to fill in the blanks if you simply cannot find certain death records. This is often necessary in the case of persecuted peoples such as Jews or Gypsies as well as slaves. If you cannot find death records for one or more of your family members, then fill in as much information as you can and move on. It is possible that the death records will surface at a later date or you will be able to estimate the approximate time of death with a reasonable degree of accuracy as you obtain more information.